Also are there scores where you just can't sit still? You have to get up and jump around or whistle the toon along or....???!!!When I listen to The Mummy Ret....oh wait you heard that.

on a CD player, sometimes on cassette tape, rarely but still sometimes on a turntable.

Even if I'm on a long car journey, I'll have half an hour of music then half an hour of silence.

But, mostly with Williams' work, I conduct EVERYTHING....Conducting is the best.

Well I just got FOTR and I'm off to conduct...

Np: The Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore) *****/*****

I do like listening to movie scores with headphones on - a friend of mine once claimed that she could hear the music playing on my headphones through a closed door, a wall, and a couple of rooms between - so I think I'm listening to film music kinda loud with the headphones... but I like it that way. Atleast it doesn't wake up the neighbors...

KEN

Other times it's at night with headphones.

I have no problem concentrating on two things at once, I'll listen while I'm sat here chatting to YOU...while I'm cooking (I have a CD player in the Kitchen), while I'm tidying up the house...whatever!

When at home - I used to play it very very loud (we had no neighbours) until I moved into this high-rise apartment with its 'potato chip thin' walls.

Now I'm very conscious about sound levels since I always hear next doors subwoofer. If they play a film loud enough - I can even hear what they're watching. I've always wanted to bump into them after a viewing so I could say "How was 'Gladiator' last night and 'Castaway' the night before?'

I crank up the volume when vacuuming, cooking or showering but turn down for baths.
I use headphones a lot more at night now.

Sunday mornings are a fave time to play scores for some reason but I never play it loud.

I love listening to scores in cars and cannot listen to them when studying. I'm in constant fascination of people who can.

When I first get a new CD - I tend to 'flick' through it quickly and then listen to the whole thing.

Sometimes, I set aside a few hours to listen to scores I hardly listen to and that can be very exciting as a process of 'rediscovery'.

I am listening when....
I'm doing housework
I take a bath or shower
I'm dressing or undressing
Playing with the children
Reading a book
Entertaining guests
Making Love
Taking a nap
On the computer
Cooking
Driving anywhere

I may have left a few things out, but I'm sure you all get the idea.

np: HARRY POTTER

Same thing with film scores. Something like The Omen isn't particularly good cocktail music, but Fierce Creatures is. Some music is great for driving in a car, some other music isn't. It also depends on my mood. Sometimes I listen to music all day, at other times I take a break and go a few days without any music. Sometimes I really feel like sitting down and giving a particular score my undivided attention, at other times I prefer something to read the newspaper by.

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Originally posted by John Zimmer:
It's amazing that just music can make many people act like they've just broke out of the looney farm!

Jz

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Which of my activities makes you think I'm a looney? Hmmmmm?

I am on the go so much it seems rare when I can finally sit down in my place and enjoy a score. At my apartment, I used to listen to scores through headphones on my laptop while I was doing work on it or on the net. But, for some reason, I feel like I am losing more of the experience of the score when I do this. It's like it is too close at these times. So now, I pretty much let the music fill my apartment on my stereo. It's much nicer.

Although, I do want to get a portable cd player so I can fall asleep to them at night. Nothing is better to fall asleep to a score designed for that...like DANCES WITH WOLVES. Great for naps.

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How do you listen to scores

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I'm used to click the play button...